Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-05-21

courtesy D-Es~" ha halls from a friendly
kentry, hut when II goes bcysIid dat should
advise you to take security. DE statesman
will now I've hrung in
The Hon. Shackenback proved to be u very
black and polished gentleman Of great
breadth Of beam being about - years of age
built after the ancient style of architecture,
and having a voice which reminded one of n
woman trying 10 sing bass He said:
My frens, | am quite obberrun by dis un-
expected pleasure. invited myself heah dis
eavenin To address you on IA subject Of deep
est interest 10 boat de United Stats nm
Canady ! would also nenshun dat | am
maxim grand farewell tour of the United
Stats at lie present time TO sell my Excelsior
soap, which Is ms'-d for cleaning tinware an
removin tar an grease II not found as rep
resented de money will be refunded Ten
cents cake OF three for a quarter, an doan'
buy no odder.
Now, in lie fuSt place, de Iawd made fish
He made EN- long bout lie time Adam an
Eve war driv' outer de garden. 1t was lie in
tenshun dat any man could catch fish any
whar' he wanted To. Den Columbus he come
oler heah an diskibered America. an artsr
awhile de Yankees took de United Stats an
in all de time, an nobody purtended To
own EN-.
III anybody wanted TO go out befo' break
fast or arter breakfast an catch fish dere was
nobody To say word Great applause }
All of u sudden somebody got mad. Den
somebody else got mad Dey forgot all bout
dat de Lawd made lie fish, an de Yankee he
said he owned EN- all An de kanuck he.
a :. nI..
during which Whalebone Howker kicked
Trustee fullback.l Den dey boaf went home
mad and begun to pass laws De Yankee
said de kanuck shouldn't sell his fish in de
United Stats onieSs he paid big dooty an
de Kanuck said de Yankee shouldn't fish
widin three miles of his sho' nohow. Dey
made up faces at each odder an kept gittin'
madder all de time, and finally lie biler
busted. lExcitementl
My irens," continued the speaker. after
swallowing a large quantity Of water and
mopping Off his forehead. de stait Of affairs
am shameful. We are two setts Of children
by de same fadder Ober dar in Canady We
want Yankee plug terhaCker, poker chips.
pink Guild susIenders, con salves an Jack
knives On dis side you want our produce
an good will. Oar am kentry nutf fur all of
us. Oar ar mo- fish dan We all know what
to do wild. Why, sab, kin 20 out an sit
down on de dock at st Johns any day in de
summer an git six bites right along widout
spittin' on my bait, an | reckon its de same
anywhsr long de New England coast lSen
sation bev come ober heah 10 see if dis
queshun can't be settled widout war. | hev
not bin 10 congress nor 10 de state legisa-
Churs nor hev | interviewed de leadin'
statesmen. ! hev come directly to dis Lime
Kiln club tO lay de matter befo' YOU an ask
you to consider it in all its phases an come to
a decishuu When cat gifts Ter back up
muffin bat n brick bat will take it down
When a nashun gifts its back up it mus he
argued wild DE kanuck am not a bad man
De Yankee am fust rate Teller Dey has
simply had u leetle fallin' out about gwine Il
fishin', an as a matter of pride neither one
wants to give in. De result am dat de two
keutrieS ride down hill on de same hand sled
What | AK OF dis Lime Kiln club ar 10
take hold of dis gueshun an settle it To de
satisfaxun Of bost parties. 1t can Ire did.
an de club kin do it, an when de harp
strings OF peare once mo echo DER glad
chords ober all America your reward shall he
great. tcheers In Conclushuu, | would re-
mark dat my Excelsior ,o'n salye has bin
used in all climates an hv all classes of peo-
pie, an has nebber yet failed 10 give imme-
date an permanent relief Why suffer when
Won kin be cured fur de small sum OF ten
cents-de tenth part Of a dollarf7
The speaker retired amidst hearty ap-
plause, and when he had gone Brother Gard
ner observed:
Oar was considerable sense an a good
deal of con salye in dat address 1T rs
think it over in serious manner befo' takin'
any decided steps. We will now disrupt de
meetin Detroit Free Press